Photos by Clint Goff I’ll never forget flying Saab 340s with American Eagle Airlines many years ago. I flew as a first officer and sweated more than the law should have allowed, not from unrelenting stressful situations but because the Saab 340B was not designed for hot weather. The aircraft is designed and built in…
Ben Whitley is a Raleigh, North Carolina-based civil litigation lawyer who has owned a 1998 Beechcraft King Air C90B since October 2025. This aircraft is a milestone in Whitley’s lifelong interest in aviation and King Airs. “I have always been fascinated with airplanes. All my toys were airplanes and as soon as I could get…
Around 70 Beechcraft King Air enthusiasts traveled to Horseshoe Bay Resort in Texas Hill Country March 26-28 for the ninth King Air Gathering, bringing together aircraft owners, pilots, operators, maintenance professionals and industry partners. This year’s event was co-hosted by King Air Nation and BLR Aerospace, and 39 vendors participated by setting up booths in…
Garmin Adds Airport and FBO Comments Feature to Garmin Pilot Garmin recently announced a new feature for Garmin Pilot Web and iOS platforms: Airport and FBO Comments. This feature allows pilots to leave comments and reviews on airport facilities as well as fixed base operators globally so that other pilots can be better informed of…
EAA Aviation Museum Schedules New Summer and Fall Special Events for 2026 The EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, added four events to its 2026 summer and fall schedule. This year-round museum adjacent to the Experimental Aircraft Association’s headquarters features more than 200 historic airplanes and a range of galleries and exhibits. See eaa.org/eaa-museum for…
Photos by Clint Goff Type “stupid pet tricks” in your search engine and you’ll be inundated with videos of obsessively cute animals doing some of the dumbest acts that humans have dreamt up. Fortunately, these stupid tricks are entertaining and safe. No one gets hurt, so we smile and go on with life. Doing “stupid”…
King Airs are excellent aircraft commonly operated by a wide range of general aviation participants – from owners who fly the aircraft themselves to companies with professional pilots or aircraft management companies that maintain and operate the aircraft on the owner’s behalf, sometimes for supplemental charter use too. Having a third party, such as an…
The news of Raisbeck and CiES improving the fuel quantity indicating system of the King Air fleet is welcome news indeed. The factory indicating systems have been the bane of many an operator and maintenance shop. There’s really nothing technically wrong with the current capacitive systems, but they can be sensitive to the environment that…
Photography by Steve Schulte Every time Joe and Melinda Herring walk up to their 1993 Beechcraft King Air B200, they think about the multitude of colors they considered for the stripe in the exterior paint scheme and the many carpet samples they scrutinized for the interior. Beyond a finished airplane, they see the decisions, delays,…
Garmin has added 15 new approaches and 10 new airports – Long Beach, California (KLGB), and San Jose, California (KSJC), among others – to the Guided Visual Approaches database designed in collaboration with Hughes Aerospace and offered for purchase through flyGarmin.com. The new additions bring the total to 46 visual approaches in 36 challenging airport…